The GP Show

Dr Dan Pronk is a GP and was a former doctor within the Australian Special Operations Command. Dr Pronk was deployed on operations on 5 occasions with the Army including one time to Timor and 4 times to Afghanistan and over 100 combat missions.  Dan was awarded the Commendation for Distinguished Service for his conduct in action on his second tour of Afghanistan. Dan is also co-author of "The Resi...

Shivaun is a Health Coach, Certified Trainer & Assessor, Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD), Accredited Nutritionist (AN), Director of Discovery Health Coaching, Director of Accredited Health Coaching Australia, and previous Vice President of the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine.  She delivers online health coaching training courses to health professionals via Accredited Health Coachi...

Dr Jill Phillips is a GP who was diagnosed with stage 3c ovarian cancer in 2018. Today we explore her perspectives as both a doctor and as a patient. If you find this podcast valuable, rating it 5 stars and leaving a review on your podcast app is appreciated. If you would like to provide feedback or request a topic, please  Contact Us . Thank you for listening.

Dr Andrew Leech, is a GP with a diploma in child health and hence a special interest in child health.  He consults for a variety of organisations, including Emerging Minds where you can find some courses on the content we are discussing today called A GP Framework for Child Mental Health Assessment (5-12 years) e-learning course - Emerging Minds He is also the creator and host of The Kids Health N...

Dr Paula Smith-Brown is a PhD-qualified Accredited Practising Dietitian and Clinical Science Lead at Microba, an Australian company and a world leader in the analysis of the gut microbiome.  For more information on Microba, microbiome testing with professional courses and support check out https://insight.microba.com/ For more information on the online international diabetes revolution summit on J...

Commonly known as the 'queen of common sense', Maggie Dent has become one of Australia's favourite parenting authors and educators. Maggie is regularly featured on parenting blogs, podcasts and news sites, as well as being heard on commercial and ABC radio. She also appears regularly on national TV. Maggie is the host of the ABC podcast Parental As Anything.  She is the author of seven major books...

Dr Guy Leschziner is a consultant neurologist at London Bridge Hospital, the Cromwell Hospital and within the Department of Neurology and Sleep Disorders Centre at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals. He is the clinical lead for the Sleep Disorders Centre, Guy's Hospital, one of Europe's largest sleep units. He has presented a three-part series on BBC Radio 4 and BBC World Service on the brain and slee...

Professor Peter Ebeling, AO, is Head of the Department of Medicine in the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences.  He is a Board Member of the International Osteoporosis Foundation and Medical Director of Osteoporosis Australia/Healthy Bones Australia.  He was also inaugural Director of the Australian Institute of Musculoskeletal Science (AIM...

Professor Sir Muir Gray, CBE, is a British physician who has held some of the most senior positions in public health, evidence based medicine and value in healthcare. Sir Muir has worked for the National Health Service in England since 1972. He founded the National Library for Health, and was the Director of the National Knowledge Service. He was the first person to hold the post of Chief Knowledg...

Dr Lucy Loveday is a GP in the UK, medical educator/Training Programme Director, Director of the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine, NHS England Clinical Entrepreneur Fellow 2021 and  Founder of the Movement & The Mind event. Associate Professor Simon Rosenbaum is an exercise physiologist and Scientia Associate Professor in the School of Psychiatry, UNSW Sydney. He is also an honorary fellow at...

Professor Lorimer Moseley is a clinical scientist investigating pain in humans. After posts at The University of Oxford, UK, and the University of Sydney, Lorimer was appointed Professor of Clinical Neuroscience and Chair in Physiotherapy at the University of South Australia. He is also Senior Principal Research Fellow at NeuRA and an NHMRC Principal Research Fellow. He leads the Body in Mind Rese...

Professor Susan Davis is a National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Senior Principal Research Fellow, Professor of Women's Health in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Consultant Endocrinologist, President of the International Menopause Society, co-founder of the Jean Hailes Foundation and past President of the Australasian Menopause Society. ...

Dr Alexander Lehn is a neurologist with special interests in functional neurological disorders, movement disorders and cognitive neurology.  He is also a Senior Lecturer at the University of Queensland.  Functional Neurological Disorders account for the second most common presentation to neurological clinics.  They also may overlap and integrate with many other common disorders such as chronic pai...

Professor Sir Michael Marmot is Professor of Epidemiology at University College London, Director of the UCL Institute of Health Equity, and Past President of the World Medical Association. He is the author of  The Health Gap: the challenge of an unequal world (Bloomsbury: 2015)  and  Status Syndrome: how your place on the social gradient directly affects your health (Bloomsbury: 2004) .  Professor...

Dr Petra Skeffington is a clinical psychologist at the Cygnet Clinic in Perth.  She has a PhD from Curtin University and a Masters Certificate in Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery from Harvard Medical School.  She is the Western Australian State Chair for the Australian Psychological Society (APS) College of Clinical Psychologists, and Head of Psychology, Exercise Science, Chiropractic and...

(Replay) Professor Gregory Phillips is the CEO of Abstarr consulting and Professor of First People's Health in the School of Medicine at Griffith University.  Gregory is from the Waanyi and Jaru Aboriginal Australian peoples and comes from Cloncurry and Mount Isa. He is a leading change maker, thought leader and medical anthropologist.  He developed an accredited Indigenous health curriculum for a...

(Replay) Dr Dean Ornish is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, Founder and President of the non-for-profit Preventative Medical Research Institute, Founder of the only USA-medicare lifestyle-based program; the "Reversing Heart Disease" program, he has published extensively over 35 years in major journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and NEJM, he is listed by Forbes Magazi...

Hello my most excellent listeners! It is a season break until late May/early June.  I shall be playing some replays in the mean time.  And then I shall be back! Thank you for listening.  Take care of yourself in the mean time. Breath deep. Sam  

Associate Professor Rebecca Burgell is a gastroenterologist who leads the functional bowel disorders clinic at the Alfred Hospital and is the Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders Service Head, Monash University.  She has a PhD from the University of London in neuro-gastroenterology. Associate Professor Jane Muir is Head of Translational Nutrition Science in the Department of Gastroenterology, Mon...

Dr Kassi Klein is a medical doctor with a special interest working in mental health and founder of Blokes in Mind. She is a Lifestyle Medicine Physician, which includes preventative medicine for anxiety and depression. She is also a yoga teacher, a meditation teacher, an avid surfer, musician and outdoor enthusiast.  You can find more about her here: www.blokesinmind.com . If you find this podcast...

Professor Karen Dwyer is a nephrologist and transplant physician with an interest in perioperative medicine.  She is also Deputy Head at the School of Medicine at Deakin University, researcher and marathon runner. Today we are discussing chronic kidney disease. If you find this podcast valuable, rating it 5 stars and leaving a review on  iTunes ,  Spotify  or  Facebook  is a huge help. You can als...

Dr Jon Jureidini is a child psychiatrist at the Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide where he works with ill and disabled children and their families. He heads the University of Adelaide's: Critical and Ethical Mental Health (CEMH) research group within the Robinson Research Institute, and the Paediatric Mental Health Training Unit.  Today we discuss his latest book co-authored with Leemon Mc...

Dr Bronwyn King is an Australian oncologist and in 2010 founded and became CEO of Tobacco Free Portfolios, a not-for-profit organisation that collaborates with the world's largest financial organisations to drive global change towards tobacco-free finance.  In 2017 Bronwyn was made the Inaugural Distinguished Fellow in a joint initiative between Kings' College London and the University of Melbourn...

Dr Glen Davies is a GP in New Zealand, and head of the New Zealand chapter of the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine https://www.lifestylemedicine.org.au/ .  Those who have been listening will know I have been vocally advocating a change to the models of care in primary care, hospital care and beyond.  Today we are discussing Glen's leadership with his community and their program called "R...

Professor David Muller is an interventional cardiologist at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney with a special interest in structural heart disease, complex coronary stenting, peripheral vascular intervention, valvular heart disease and transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), and he performs research at the University of New South Wales. Today we are discussing aortic stenosis, and I do a ~15...